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ERIC Number: EJ734211
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Feb
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-006X
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Youth-Nominated Support Team for Suicidal Adolescents (Version 1): A Randomized Controlled Trial
King, Cheryl A.; Kramer, Anne; Preuss, Lesli; Kerr, David C. R.; Weisse, Lois; Venkataraman, Sanjeev
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v74 n1 p199-206 Feb 2006
In this study, the authors investigated the efficacy of the Youth-Nominated Support Team-Version 1 (YST-1), a psychoeducational social network intervention, with 289 suicidal, psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents (197 girls, 92 boys). Adolescents were randomly assigned to treatment-as-usual plus YST-1 or treatment-as-usual only. Assessments were completed pre- and postintervention (6 months). There were no main effects for YST-1 on suicide ideation or attempts, internalizing symptoms, or related functional impairment. Relative to other girls, however, those who received YST-1 reported greater decreases in self-reported suicidal ideation (actually treated analytic strategy) and significantly greater decreases in mood-related functional impairment reported by their parents (intent to treat and actually treated analytic strategies). This is the first randomized controlled clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of a social network intervention with suicidal youths.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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